2 Chronicles 2:3-10

31Then Solomon sent word to 2Huram the king of Tyre, saying, “3As you dealt with David my father and sent him cedars to build him a house to dwell in, so do for me. 4Behold, I am about to build a house for the name of the Lord my God, dedicating it to Him, 4to burn fragrant incense before Him and to set out 5the showbread continually, and to offer 6burnt offerings morning and evening, 7on sabbaths and on new moons and on the appointed feasts of the Lord our God, this being required forever in Israel. 5The house which I am about to build will be great, for 8greater is our God than all the gods. 6But 9who is able to build a house for Him, for the heavens and the highest heavens cannot contain Him? So who am I, that I should build a house for Him, except to 10burn incense before Him? 7Now 11send me a skilled man to work in gold, silver, brass and iron, and in purple, crimson and violet fabrics, and who knows how to make engravings, to work with the skilled men 1213whom I have in Judah and Jerusalem, whom David my father provided. 814Send me also cedar, cypress and algum timber from Lebanon, for I know that your servants know how to cut timber of Lebanon; and indeed 15my servants will work with your servants, 9to prepare timber in abundance for me, for the house which I am about to build will be great and wonderful. 10Now behold, 16I will give to your servants, the woodsmen who cut the timber, 20,000 17kors of crushed wheat and 20,000 18kors of barley, and 20,000 baths of wine and 20,000 baths of oil.”